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Mayor Harrell’s 2025-2026 Proposed Budget for ARTS

Today, Mayor Bruce Harrell is releasing the 2025-2026 Proposed Budget. In this budget, Mayor Harrell is continuing to make needed investments and take bold action to address the urgent needs of our communities and advance our One Seattle priorities. Mayor Harrell’s budget proposal remains focused on strengthening public safety, creating… [ Keep reading ]

A Creative Decade: The Creative Advantage 10-year Report

The Creative Advantage unveiled A Creative Decade, their newly published 10-year Report, to the arts and education community at the 10th annual TCA Summer Institute on August 22, 2024. The report documents how The Creative Advantage supports equitable high-quality arts education to 50,000+ Seattle Public School students and highlights the… [ Keep reading ]

The Creative Advantage Arts Education Coalitions Combine Forces at The Summer Institute 

In the winter of 2023, The Creative Advantage launched the Seattle Theatre Education Coalition (STEC) to shine a light on theatre education in Seattle Public Schools and support collaborative learning between theatre specialists, cultural organizations, and teaching artists in our city. We tapped The Fifth Avenue Theatre education staff to… [ Keep reading ]

August’s First Thursday Brought Fresh Perspectives to ARTS at King Street Station

On Thursday, August 1, we celebrated the opening of FRESSSSSH! at ARTS at King Street Station! FRESSSSSH! is the culmination of our intensive summer program, Fresh Perspectives, that offers a deep dive into the world of arts curation and administration to BIPOC young adults/youth. All pieces in the exhibition were… [ Keep reading ]

Seeding the Next 10 Years of The Creative Advantage 

The Creative Advantage has completed our first ten years of implementation and is now in every Seattle Public School. We’re embarking on a strategic plan with the help of Rainbow Research to sustain and deepen our work for the next 10 years. Just before the end of the school year,… [ Keep reading ]

The Arts Sector is Vital to Downtown Recovery and the Creative Economy

May 28, 2024 Re: Written comments required by Seattle Municipal Code 3.14.830G, as amended by Ordinance No. 123460 (2010) Dear Mayor Harrell, As our city continues to recover from the impacts of the pandemic, we appreciate that you are working to navigate civic challenges that range from economic stability to… [ Keep reading ]

The Naramore Art Show celebrates over 200 Youth Artworks

The Naramore Art Show celebrates over 200 artworks by middle and high school students at the Seattle Art Museum’s Community Gallery. Seattle Public Schools has held the Naramore Art Show since 1985 to celebrate the brilliance of our emerging artists and share their creativity with the greater Seattle community. There… [ Keep reading ]

Arts Education is a Student Right!  

March is Arts Education Month and we’re inspired by CreateCA’s campaign demanding that every student has access to arts education. The Creative Advantage was founded on that premise and over a decade, we’ve made a lot of progress. Here’s to all the teachers, principals, teaching artists, and community partners who… [ Keep reading ]

2024 Grants and Funding Opportunities 

See what funding opportunities we’re offering for 2024 and mark your calendar to apply.

Over 500 Students Attend Creative Economy Career Day 2024

“Youth are the future and creativity is the future,” said Seattle Office of Arts & Culture (ARTS) Director Gülgün Kayim during her opening remarks at Creative Economy Career Day. On Friday, Feb. 9, more than 500 students were welcomed to McCaw Hall in Seattle Center to attend the sold out… [ Keep reading ]